The scientist is activated by a wonder and awe before the mysterious comprehensibility of the universe which is yet finally beyond his… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When men are engaged in war and conquest, the tools of science become as dangerous as a razor in the hands of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I was sitting in a chair in the patent office at Bern when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me:… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The most superior of scientific goals is to embrace a maximum of experiment with a minimum of hypotheses. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht. God is subtle, but he is not malicious. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Your question is the most difficult in the world. It is not a question I can answer simply with yes or no.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You believe in the God who plays dice, and I in complete law and order in a world that objectively exists, and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
...the physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations; for, he himself knows best, and feels… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Music has no effect on research work, but both are born of the same source and complement each other through the satisfaction… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
As soon as science has emerged from its initial stages, theoretical advances are no longer achieved merely by a process of arrangement.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The scientist finds his reward in what Henri Poincare calls the joy of comprehension, and not in the possibility of application to… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Those whose acquaintance with scientific research is derived chiefly from its practical results easily develop a completely false notion of the mentality… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Science not only purifies the religious impulse of the dross of its anthropomorphism but also contributes to a religious spiritualization of our… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The history of scientific and technical discovery teaches us that the human race is poor in independent and creative imagination. Even when… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
What distinguishes the language of science from language as we ordinarily understand the word? ... What science strives for is an utmost… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It must be conceded that a theory has an important advantage if its basic concepts and fundamental hypotheses are 'close to experience,'… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
